Deconstructing a Defense of Christ to Reconstruct a Celebration of Christ

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Some Good Articles

I've been a bit behind on blogging recently because work has been uber-busy and because I'm trying to spend extra time studying for my licensing exams. At some point, I want to make some excellent comments about the films The Book of Eli and The Secret of Kells. Both have very nice spiritual elements. This is a good review of Eli, exploring some of these elements. And I first became interested in the film after this article (plus, Denzel is my favorite actor, and I'll basically see whatever he's in). I would say I enjoyed Kells more, but Eli was definitely powerful (although clearly more bloody). But I recommend both if you have the chance for either.

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Judging by that review for "Believing in God and Evolution," it seems awful!

It amazes me that people can get away with statements such as:"The fossil record has provided evidence of compelling transitional species such as whales with feet. DNA provides an irrefutable digital record of the relatedness of all living things."

This reveals the author's lack of familiarity with both the fossil record and the principles of genetics. The intro says he is a "science-and-religion scholar." I don't know what exactly that means, but he doesn't seem like an actual SCIENTIST.

I mean he doesn't even seem to understand the definition of evolution that scientists use. The theory inherently dismisses the possibility of an involvement of a God by stipulating that life is the result of random chance. The minute you say God uses that as mechanism to create, you become a creationist. And even if you overlook the oxymoronic nature of theistic evolutionism, the scientific evidence does not bode well for that view.

If you really want to reconcile the Bible with science, I would recommend looking at resources from Reasons To Believe:www.reasons.org

The paucity of transition forms in the fossil record, the sudden appearance of new species in the fossil record, as well as the latest phylogenetic analyses studies, all work against the evolutionary model. If the academic establishment was not stacked with people like Dawkins who impose their materialistic bias on the evidence, evolution would be out the door. But as is often the case in science, it would probably take a generational shift for new evidence to overpower old entrenched beliefs and biases.